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Saint John Sea Dogs vs Drummondville Voltigeurs

Tonight at 8pm

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Marcel Dionne Centre – Drummondville, Que.

PREVIEW

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. – The Saint John Sea Dogs take their five-game losing streak into unfamiliar territory tonight.

The Sea Dogs are in Drummondville to take on the Voltigeurs at 8pm this evening. Saint John has not played at the Marcel Dionne Centre in almost a year.

By now you probably know of Saint John’s recent woes. They have lost five straight and, despite playing some okay games, have scored just five goals during that span. The Dogs have the second worst offense in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Saint John enters action tonight with a 5-8-0-1 record and sit last in the Telus Maritimes Division and 16^th overall. Michael Abbott leads Saint John in scoring with four goals and seven assists for 11 points. Olivier LeBlanc and Oliver Cooper each have nine points.

The Volts head into tonight’s contest with a 7-6-0-1 record and sit fifth in the Telus West Division and 12^th overall. They have lost two straight games and are 4-5-0-1 in their last 10.

Former Acadie-Bathurst Titan forward Christophe Lalancette leads Drummondville in scoring with three goals and 13 assists for 16 points. Drummondville also features the likes of Nikolas Brouillard, Guillaume Gauthier, and Jerome Verrier.

The Volts also have American rookie Cam Askew who was a first-round pick in June’s draft. He has two goals and three assists in 13 games this season.

This game kicks off a three games in four days road trip for the Dogs. They are also in Baie-Comeau on Friday and Chicoutimi on Saturday.

THE NUMBERS

	Drummondville	Saint John
Record	7-6-0-1 (5th West)	5-8-0-1 (6th Maritimes)
Home Record	4-2-0-0	3-4-0-1
Road Record	3-4-0-1	2-4-0-0
Goals For/Game	3.55 (7th)	2.33 (17th)
Goals Against/Game	3.20 (9th)	3.04 (6th)
Shots For/Game	28.47 (10th)	31.55 (8th)
Shots Against/Game	27.27 (5th)	34.73 (15th)
Overall PP	33.3% (1st)	19.3% (11th)
Home PP	35.1% (2nd)	22.9% (9th)
Road PP	31.9% (1st)	14.3% (16th)
Overall PK	73.9% (15th)	82.9% (3rd)
Home PK	82.4% (5th)	87.5% (2nd)
Road PK	65.7% (18th)	76.7% (11th)
PIM/GAME	18.7	17.8
Attendance	2,550	2,934

LEADING SCORERS
Drummondville

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Christophe Lalancette	14	3	13	16
Nikolas Brouillard	14	2	13	15
Guillaume Gauthier	14	7	7	14

Saint John

Player	GP	Goals	Assists	Points
Michael Abbott	12	4	7	11
Olivier LeBlanc	14	3	6	9
Oliver Cooper	14	1	8	9

GOALTENDERS
Drummondville

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Louis-Philip Guindon	4-6-0-0	2.89	0.898
Joe Fleschler	3-0-0-1	3.33	0.865

Saint John

Goaltender	Record	GAA	SV%
Sebastien Auger	3-7-0-1	2.64	0.924
Maxime Michaud	- - -	- - -	- - -

LAST GAMES

The Sea Dogs are coming off a 2-1 loss to the Chicoutimi Sagueneens on Sunday afternoon at Harbour Station. Spencer Smallman scored Saint John’s only goal while Sebastien Auger made 31 saves in the loss.

The Volts are coming off a 5-4 shootout loss in Gatineau on Sunday. Jerome Verrier had two goals while singles came from Christophe Lalancette and Matthew Boudens. Joe Fleschler made 19 saves in the loss. Drummondville scored three goals in the third period – including two in the final minute – to tie the match up and send it to extra time.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

This is the first meeting of the season between the two.

The Sea Dogs went 0-2-0-0 against the Voltigeurs last season while Drummondville went 2-0-0-0 against Saint John.

NOTES

• Jerome Verrier is third in the league in goals with 12. He is also tied for the league lead in power play goals with six.
• Nikolas Brouillard is seventh in assists with 13.
• Georgs Golovkovs is fifth in rookie scoring with 12 points.
• This is the Sea Dogs’ first road game outside the division. They are 2-4-0-0 on the road this season.
• Drummondville is 1-1-0-0 against Maritimes Division teams this season.
• The Sea Dogs called up goaltender Maxime Michaud for this road trip, the team announced today.

OUT OF TOWN

Charlottetown at Halifax - 7:00 PM ADT

Cape Breton at Moncton - 7:00 PM ADT

Shawinigan at Val-d'Or - 7:30 PM EDT

NEXT GAME

The Sea Dogs are in the Baie-Comeau on Friday night to take on the Drakkar.